SIU team wins NASA contest

A computer-aided drawing of prototype mining robot built by a team of student engineers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale won the virtual competition at NASA’s annual LUNABOTS competition. | Courtesy: SIU

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — A team of student engineers at SIU has taken first place in a NASA contest.

The SIU students competed against teams from across the country to design a robot that could be used for mining on the moon.

The winning robot had to navigate while avoiding obstacles, dig through a layer of dust, then extract a layer of gravel beneath. The test is supposed to simulate extracting ice from beneath the surface of the moon.

 

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